LAW PRACTICE IS A
STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT.
AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH A LOT
OF VERY DIFFICULT
SITUATIONS.
I USED TO WAKE UP WITH A
KNOT IN MY STOMACH EVERY
MORNING, FEELING THAT
STRESS.
HE WAS JUST BURDENED BY
WORK.
IT WAS A HARD THING FOR HIM
TO TURN OFF ON THE WEEKENDS
OR TO GET AWAY FROM IT.
I WAS JUST FOCUSED SO
INTENTLY ON MY CAREER THAT
WAS LETTING WHAT WAS REALLY
IMPORTANT FALL BY THE WAY
SIDE.
Reporter: JEFFREY'S LAW
PRACTICE DIDN'T JUST TAKE
ALL HIS TIME AND ENERGY, THE
FAST PACE AND CONSTANT
STRESS ALSO TOOK A TOLL ON
HIS BODY.
I I MAINTAINED THAT STRESS,
AND IT CONTINUED TO WORK ON
ME, AND IT ALSO CONTINUED TO
WORK ON MY BODY.
EVENTUALLY IT BROKE DOWN.
I BEGAN HAVING STOMACH
PAINS, SEVERE STOMACH PAINS,
THAT INITIALLY I HAD NO IDEA
WHAT IT WAS.LY
I THOUGHT I HAD AN
APPENDIX RUPTURE.
Reporter: JEFFREY HAD
DEVELOPED DIVERTICULITIS.
AND HIS CONDITION HAD BECOME
SO ADVANCED, HE NEEDED
SURGERY TO REMOVE PART OF
HIS INTESTINE.
BUT LOOKED LIKE A TEXTBOOK
OPERATION LEFT HIM SUSPENDED
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
AND I WOKE UP TO A
SURGEON PULLING A SHEET OFF
OF MY STOMACH
AND AS I LOOKED DOWN, I KNEW
IMMEDIATELY SOMETHING WAS
TERRIBLY WRONG.
I LOOKED INTO THE SURGEON'S
EYES, AND I COULD SEE
CONCERN ON HIS FACE.
HE HAD BEEN HEMORRHAGING
FOR ALMOST 24 HOURS.
AND THEY HAD CONTINUALLY
GIVEN HIM BLOOD, BUT THEY
WERE HEMORRHAGING INTO HIS
AB ABDOMEN AND STOMACH.
MY INTERNAL CLOCK TOLD ME
THAT I WAS GETTING READY TO C
DIE.
AND I ONLY HAD A FEW SECOND
OF CONSCIOUSNESS LEFT.
I REACHED UP TO GRAB MY
WIFE.
I WAS JUST WANTING TO TELLY
HER HOW MUCH I LOVED HER AND
TELL HER I WAS GETTING READY
TO LEAVE HER.
I WENT TO HIM, AND IT WAS
RIGHT AFTER THAT I LOSTR.
HIM.
I COULD TELL HE LEFT. I
HE TOOK MY HAND AND THEN HE
WAS GONE.
AND MY LIFE CAME TO MY
CENTER TORSO, AND I BEGAN TO
RISE OUT OF MY BODY UP INTO
THAT ROOM.
EVERYTHING WAS GOING HAYWIRE
DOWN BELOW ME.THEY
THEY WERE SAYING, "I'M GOING
TO LOSE HIM."
THEY WERE DOING
EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO
KEEP HIM ALIVE AT THAT
POINT.
IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS
DISASTER GOING ON, BUT IT SWE
WAS THE SWEETEST DAY OF MY
LIFE.
I NEVER HAD ANY PAIN, AND I HAD
NEVER HAD ANY FEAR.
Reporter: AS JEFFREY
SPIRIT HOVERED ABOVE HIS
BODY, A LIGHT APPEARED.
IT WAS B THE MOST BEAUTIFULAP
THING I HAD EVER SEEN.
IT STARTED IN THE CENTER OF
THE ROOM, TOWARDS THE IN
CEILING, AND BEGAN TO FILTER
OUT INTO THAT ROOM.
AND I WAS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN
TO IT.
AS IT BEGAN TO HIT OBJECTS IT
IN THAT ROOM, COLOR CAME
FLOODING OUT LIKE I'VE NEVERE
SEEN BEFORE.
MY SENSES BECAME ENHANCED.ENSE
I COULD SEE EVERYTHING IN
THAT ROOM WITH PERFECTIT
CLARITY.
THERE WASH AN ENTIRE
DIMENSION THAT WE SIMPLY
DON'T SEE ON EARTH.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE ALIVE
THAN I WAS AT THAT MOMENT.
ITAL WAS INCREDIBLE.
I SUDDENLY HAD AN
OVERWHELMING SENSE OF GOD'SGOD'
PRESENCE, OF HIS LOVE, OF
HIS PEACE, OF HIS JOY.
THE THING THAT WAS SO THA
INCREDIBLE TO ME WAS HOW THE
ARMAKER OF THIS UNIVERSE,
WHO CAN MAKE THE SUN AND THE
MOON AND THE STARS, CAN COME
DON AND COMFORT AND LOVE ME
AS IF I'M THE ONLY PERSON IN
THE UNIVERSE.
I REMEMBER THINKING ABOUT
THE PRODIGAL SON.E
THAT LONG, LOST SON THAT HAD
GONE OUT AND STRAYED AND HE
HAD COME BACK HOME.
AND HIS FATHER WAS COMING
OUT TO HOLD HIM AND TO LOVE
HIM AND TO WELCOME HIME
BACK.
THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO
ME.
IT'S THE SWEETEST LOVE THERE
IS.
I TOLD HIM I WANTED TO GO
WITH HIM.
AND THEN I HAD A FLEETING
THOUGHT: BUT WHAT ABOUT
MADELYNE, MY WIFE, AND WHAT
ABOUT WILL?
MY SWEET WIFE IS JUST
FALLING APART DOWN BELOW ME, I
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN HER THAT
WAY.
AND I'M UP HERE IN COMPLETE
COMFORT, IN COMPLETE PEACE,ACE.
IN COMPLETE JOY.
AND THEN GOD TOLD ME
INTERNALLY THAT I WAS GOINGY
TO GO BACK.
I REMEMBER JOLTING IN MY
BED.
AND I OPENED MY EYES, AND
WHEN I OPENED MY EYES, I'M
LOOKING AT THE SURGEON.
AND HE IS SAYING, "I'M
LOSING HIM.
WE'VE GOT TO GET HIM BACK
INTO SURGERY."
Reporter: JEFFREY WAS
RUSHED BACK INTO SURGERY
WHERE DOCTORS STOPPED THE
BLEEDING.
WHEN HE FINALLY REGAINED
CONSCIOUSNESS, JEFFREY HAD A
NEW UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S
AMAZING LOVE AND PRESENCE INORE
HIS LIFE.
GOD LOVES YOU MORE THAN
YOU'VE EVER KNOWN.HE
HE KNOWS YOUR
CIRCUMSTANCES.
HE KNOWS WHATS. YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH.
I USED TO WAKE UP WITH A
KNOT IN MY STOMACH.
I WAKE UP WITH JOY IN MY
HEART.
I KNOW HE IS WITH ME.
YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND NOT THR
BE A CHANGED MAN.LIKE
HE HAS A PEACE ABOUTN.
HIM.
HE IS A VERY -- A VERY
PEACEFUL AND CENTERED MAN.CEFU
HE IS REALLY NOT FEARFUL OF
ANYTHING NOW. H
Reporter: JEFFREY'S
RECOVERY WAS LONG AND
DIFFICULT.
BUT THE PEACE, JOY, AND LOVE
OF GOD HE FOUND ON THE DAY
HE FACED DEATH IS NOW WITH
HIM IN EVERYTHING HE DOES.
THERE IS A PEACE AND AJO
LOVE THERE LIKE I CAN'T
DESCRIBE TO YOU.
AND IT'S AN ENTIRELY D
DIFFERENT WAY OF LIVING.FERE
I'VE NEVER ENJOYED LIVING
MORE, AND I UNDERSTAND NOW
WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
I WANT TO LIVE FOR GOD.
AND I PRAY THAT HE'LL GIVE
ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
